Charming Shoppes, Inc. Hosts Second Quarter Fiscal 2009 Sales and Earnings Conference Call on Wednesday, August 27, 2008

    BENSALEM, Pa., Aug. 14 /EMWNews/ -- Charming Shoppes,

Inc., (Nasdaq: CHRS), a leading multi-brand, multi-channel specialty

apparel retailer specializing in women's plus-size apparel, will host its

second quarter fiscal 2009 sales and earnings conference call on Wednesday,

August 27, 2008, at 9:15 a.m. eastern time. Second quarter results will be

released over the newswires and will be available on Form 8-K prior to 9:15

a.m. eastern time. Both the second quarter earnings release and the Form

8-K will be available at

http://www.charmingshoppes.com/investors/index.asp.



    Alan Rosskamm, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Interim Chief

Executive Officer, Eric M. Specter, Chief Financial Officer and Executive

Vice President, Steven R. Wishner, Sr. Vice President of Finance, Strategy

and Business Development and Gayle M. Coolick, Vice President of Investor

Relations, will comment on the Company's second quarter results. Prepared

remarks will be followed by a question and answer period.



    To listen to the conference call, please dial 877-407-8293

approximately 10 minutes prior to the scheduled event. The conference call

will also be simulcast at

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=106124&p=irol-audioArchives.

The general public is invited to listen to the conference call via the

webcast or the dial-in telephone number.



    A transcript of prepared remarks for the conference call will be

accessible at

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=106124&p=irol-audioArchives

prior to 9:15 a.m. eastern time on Wednesday, August 27, 2008.



    The conference call will be recorded on behalf of Charming Shoppes,

Inc. and consists of copyrighted material. It may not be re-recorded,

reproduced, transmitted or rebroadcast, in whole or in part, without the

Company's express written permission. Accessing this call or the

rebroadcast constitutes consent to these terms and conditions.

Participation in this call serves as consent to having any comments or

statements made appear on any transcript, broadcast or rebroadcast of this

call.



    At August 2, 2008, Charming Shoppes, Inc. operated 2,359 retail stores

in 48 states under the names LANE BRYANT(R), FASHION BUG(R), FASHION BUG

PLUS(R), CATHERINES PLUS SIZES(R), PETITE SOPHISTICATE(R), LANE BRYANT

OUTLET(R), and PETITE SOPHISTICATE OUTLET(R). Additionally, apparel,

accessories, footwear and gift catalogs, including the following titles,

are operated by Charming Shoppes' Crosstown Traders: Lane Bryant Woman(TM),

Old Pueblo Traders(R), Bedford Fair(R), Willow Ridge(R), Lew Magram(R),

Brownstone Studio(R), Intimate Appeal(R), Monterey Bay Clothing Company(R),

Coward(R) Shoe and Figi's(R).



    The Company's conference call will contain certain forward-looking

statements concerning the Company's operations, performance, and financial

condition. Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and

uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from

those indicated. Such risks and uncertainties may include, but are not

limited to: the failure to find a suitable permanent replacement for the

Company's former Chief Executive Officer within a reasonable time period,

the failure to consummate our identified strategic solution for our

non-core misses apparel catalog titles and the refinancing of certain real

estate assets, the failure to effectively implement our planned cost and

capital budget reduction plans, the failure to effectively implement the

Company's plans for consolidation of the Catherines Plus Sizes brand, a new

organizational structure and enhancements in the Company's merchandise and

marketing, the failure to generate a positive response to the Company's new

Lane Bryant catalog and the Lane Bryant credit card program, the failure to

implement the Company's business plan for increased profitability and

growth in the Company's retail stores and direct-to-consumer segments, the

failure to successfully implement the Company's expansion of Cacique

through new store formats, the failure to achieve improvement in the

Company's competitive position, adverse changes in costs vital to catalog

operations, such as postage, paper and acquisition of prospects, declining

response rates to catalog offerings, the failure to maintain efficient and

uninterrupted order-taking and fulfillment in our direct-to-consumer

business, changes in or miscalculation of fashion trends, extreme or

unseasonable weather conditions, economic downturns, escalation of energy

costs, a weakness in overall consumer demand, the failure to find suitable

store locations, increases in wage rates, the ability to hire and train

associates, trade and security restrictions and political or financial

instability in countries where goods are manufactured, the interruption of

merchandise flow from the Company's centralized distribution facilities,

competitive pressures, and the adverse effects of natural disasters, war,

acts of terrorism or threats of either, or other armed conflict, on the

United States and international economies. These, and other risks and

uncertainties, are detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities

and Exchange Commission, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K

for the fiscal year ended February 2, 2008 and other Company filings with

the Securities and Exchange Commission. Charming Shoppes assumes no duty to

update or revise its forward-looking statements even if experience or

future changes make it clear that any projected results expressed or

implied therein will not be realized.